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AlfromNH
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Joined: August 04, 2024
Posts: 193
Location: NH
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 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:53 am Post subject: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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I now have a road-worthy Westy, thanks in large part to you fine folks here on thesamba, and I want to take this opportunity to say thanks.
I bought the van last fall after it had been sitting for 20 years. It’s been a looong road getting to this point, with some setbacks, some victories and a whole lot of newly acquired knowledge and skills.
I still have a punch list a mile long(and growing), but I had my first camp outing last week and another planned for this weekend. Feeling really good right now(knock on wood and a genuflection in the direction of the Vanagon spirits).
If any of you will be at West River Westies in Vermont next weekend I’d love to meet up!
Al
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campism
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Joined: September 07, 2007
Posts: 4675
Location: Richmond VA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:51 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Congrats! When we got ours we did a three-day weekend over Labor Day 2006 and the net weekend left on an already scheduled trip to the Thousand Islands. Lots of good memories thereafter.
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'87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic, tragically crushed by a falling hickory tree in my own driveway and now gone, leaving me Vanagonless and with no plans to replace it, alas. |
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Gnarlodious
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Joined: September 28, 2013
Posts: 2404
Location: Bonners Ferry Idaho
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 4:09 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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You’re welcome, and have fun!
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Vanagon ’83 diesel AAZ w/Giles injection, 5spd 4.57R&P+TBD and a '78 diesel Rabbit |
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THE KESZTHELY KID
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Joined: August 24, 2022
Posts: 66
Location: West Yorkshire
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Current owner of 1980 T25 Westphalia Joker.
1973 Karmann Ghia Coupe - Semi-automatic!!
1983 Trabant 601S Sedan
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dubbified
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Joined: March 03, 2010
Posts: 1485
Location: Redmond, WA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:43 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Crooked Designer
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Joined: March 22, 2018
Posts: 573
Location: Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Very cool. Congrats on getting out and enjoying it. I'm trying for life goal metrics like "putting more miles on it than dollars into it" and "more days on the road than in the shop".
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'85 Westy full camper, Subaru 2.5L, 5 speed SubiGears + 5speedbus shifter kit |
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vanagonjr
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Joined: October 07, 2010
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Location: Dartmouth, Mass.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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If any of you will be at West River Westies in Vermont next weekend I’d love to meet up!
Al
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I'll be there, but I'll probably wear a disguise and not talk to any strangers or strange folk - which is pretty much anyone who owns a VW bus.
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John - 86 Wolfsburg Westfalia "Weekender"
Flint reversed 1.8T W/Passat 5-Speed
LiMBO (late model bus club) www.limbobus.org
LiMBO is on Facebook too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/
FAQ thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525798 |
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dhaavers
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Joined: March 19, 2010
Posts: 8398
Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Beautiful! I love a white van in the woods…
- Dave
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"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS> |
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1988M5
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Joined: January 23, 2016
Posts: 843
Location: Tucson, AZ
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Driving a Swiss Army knife is weird until you understand it. Then it's game on for adventures.
BK
PS Chicks dig VW's
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2002 Winnebago Vista. VW VR6 24V Eurovan front clip powered class C 21' RV.
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shadetreemech
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Joined: October 05, 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Claremont, CA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Glad you're rollin'.
When you go somewhere interesting in your Van, take pics and write it up.
I'm lookin' forward to it.
Dan
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'01 Volvo V70 T5
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bobhill8 
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Joined: June 09, 2017
Posts: 781
Location: MA
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:10 am Post subject: Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Way to go Al. Perseverence - that's all it takes. Hope to see you at WRW.
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1986 Westy
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